Photos of the Day: Feb. 7

Feb. 7, 2013 3:56 p.m. ET

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COLORFUL: A woman dried clothes after taking a dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Sarasvati rivers, during the Kumbh Mela Hindu pilgrimage in Allahabad, India, Thursday. Hindus bathe in the water, believing it washes away their sins.
Manish Swarup/Associated Press…

MILK MAN: A man poured milk on a cardboard cutout of actor-director Kamal Haasan in Chennai, India, Thursday. Mr. Haasan's movie 'Vishwaroopam' opened in the state of Tamil Nadu, weeks after its release was delayed because of groups' concerns over the film's depiction of Muslims.
Babu/Reuters…

OVER THE SHOULDER: Actress Emmy Rossum posed at the premiere of 'Beautiful Creatures' in Hollywood Wednesday.
Mario Anzuoni/Reuters…

SNAP: Audience members used smartphones to photograph the Nicholas K. show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York Thursday.
Stan Honda/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images…

TEARFUL TIME: A girl who escaped from North Korea cried during a graduation ceremony at Hangyeore High School, which was built to educate North Korean teenage defectors, in Anseong, South Korea, Thursday.
Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters…

FARM FIGHT: Farmers protested Thursday outside the European Union offices in Madrid as the EU began talks in Brussels over a long-term budget that covers 2014 to 2020. Farmers fear that subsidies from the EU will be cut.
Susana Vera/Reuters…

HOLE IN THE WALL: A Free Syrian Army fighter carried ammunition as he crossed through a hole in a wall in the Harasta neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Thursday.
Goran Tomasevic/Reuters…

REFLECTING: Two people said goodbye on their phones before a train took off from a railway station in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China, Thursday.
Xinhua/Zuma Press…

SALUTE: A picture made available by Iran's supreme leader's official website shows Iranian air force personnel saluting Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran Thursday. He expressed skepticism about direct negotiations with the U.S., quashing suggestions for dialogue on a nuclear standoff.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei/European Pressphoto Agency…

COUNTRY REMEMBERS: Cambodians prayed as a carriage containing an urn with the ashes of former King Norodom Sihanouk passed through Phnom Penh Thursday. Norodom Sihanouk, who died at 89 years old, was cremated Feb. 4.
Mak Remissa/European Pressphoto Agency…